Milking apparatus.



'PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. P. E. BARTELMUS. MILKING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED FBBJZB, 1906.

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To all whom it may concernq' Be it known that 1, PAUL E. BARTELMUS,

a citizen "of the United States, residing at Pendleton, in the county of Umatilla and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Milking Apparatuses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in milking apparatus.

The object of the invention is to provide improved implements for use in the milking operation which will result in comfort to the cow and avoid any injury to the udder or teats, which will embody hygienic features resulting from the cleanliness that is ossible by the use of my invention, and which will relieve the person milking from undue exertion and which will not require the stre th of hand ordinarily required when the milking operation is performed by the hand alone.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire aknowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2

is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and vlike parts are referred so in the following description and indicated iii all the views oi the drawings by the same reference characters.

' Referring to the drawin s, the numeral 1 indicates the main arm of the milking implement, and 2 designates the supplemental arms thereof. .The arms 2 are pivoted together at one end to one end of the main arm 1, preferably by a detachable bolt-and-nut connection 3. Each of the supplemental arms is provided near its base with a lug 4,

and a spring 5 is connected at its ends to said lugs and extends over one lug around the butts of the arms to the other lug and constitutes a means for moving the arms 2 outwardly away from the arm 1. Each of the arms 2 is further providedwith a thumb or fin er hold 6 in the form of a loop, as shown. 'fhe main or intermediate arm 1, as well as both of the arms 2, are provided near their free ends with angular or oflset portions 7, and

preferably the extremities of all the arms 5 5 extend at a slight angle to the main portions thereof, as indicated at 8 in tllQdI'flWlDgS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 23,1906. Serial No. 302.557..

Patented Oct. 16, 1905.

with a shan 10 to be held by screw-threaded engagement to the free end of the main arm 1 between said fingers, and the bracket is revided with two coactin fingers'll, eac of w 'ch is in substantial a inement with one of. the, fingers 9. Both the fingers, 1'1 and the fi ers 9 are provided with sockets 12, and

rol ers 13 havetheir trunnions mounted in said sockets so as to. journal the rollers and support them by the main arm 1. The rollers 13 are preferabl covered with some soft or resilient materia such as rubber orfelt. To the free end of eachof the sup lemental and pivoted arms 2. there is secure a bracket 14,

n which similar rollers 15 are journaled. Thus the device is supplied with four rollers arranged in two. operative pairs, of. which the adjacent rollers 13 and. 15 constitute the members of the same pairi Secured to the main or intermediate arm 1 near its free or outer end is a guide 16, which embracesthe said arms 2, and thereby limits the outward movement of said arms. In the-operation of this art of the invention the operator grasps t e implement in one hand, with the fingers and thumb taking into the 100 s 6. Then either pair of rollers 13 and 15,01 0th pairs, may be applied to the teats of the cow and by'pressing the two arms 2 together or inwardly, so as to engage the teats and at the same time draw the device downwardl ,,-the

The free end of the main or intermediate arm 1 is provided with two oppositely-extending fingprs 9, and a bracket is provided milking operation may be accomplishe with much less exertion than if the hand alone be used. 1

As-illustratedbest in Fig.3, the main arm 1 is provided With two spaced-apart longitudinally-extending bars 17, secured thereto by rivets or the like and constituting a longitudinal guideway. A funnel 18 is provided .with one or more loops 19, one of which is fitted to slide freely in said guideway by receiving one of the bars 17', so that by this means the funnel is connected to the milking tool or implement, and the position of the funnel with respBQt t0 the milking-tool may be changed as desired. The funnel 18 is preferably provided with. another loop 20, in which a neck-strap 21 is designed to here,- ceived, so that the said strap may be'passe around the neck of the operator to hold the funnel in the desired position. To assist in the proper support of the funnel, the same is provided with a pivoted brace, or strut' 22,

which is bifurcated at one'end to embrace the funnel and is pivoted thereto, as shown. The other end of the brace 22 is formed with a foot 23' intended to bear against the operators body. The funnel 18 is provided with a cross bar or bridge 24, which is supported in an elevated relation to the upper edge of the funnel, preferably by means of integral is claime vertical supports 24 ,'secured at their lower ends to' the upper edge of the funnel, as shown. The brid e 24 carries a series of horizontally-extending wire arms 25, extending oppositely from both sides of the same, and each of said wire arms carries a depending flap26, preferably of rubber cloth or a some similar material.

In the practical operation of the assembled and correlated devices the funnel is placed up underneath the udder of the cow and the teats are receivedbetween two adjacent depending cloth flaps or aprons 26. The rollers 13 and 15- are then manipulated not against the teats directly, but against the.

rubber cloth 26, which relieves the teat of any downward pulling or pressure, and thereby affords' comfort to the animal. same time also, as the persons hands do not come in contact with the milk, the entire operation results in hy ienic advantages and goes far to preserve t e milk from any con tamination whatever.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the drawings,it will be seen that I have provided new and useful milking devices which embody substantially few and simple parts which will be efiicient in operation and will result in the advantages heretofore pointed out, both to the cow and to the main arm, two supplemental arms pivoted to the main arm at opposite sides of the latter,

a spring tending to move said pivoted-arms away from the main arm, two rollers carried by the main arm, and complementary rollers carried by the pivoted arms.

3. A milking implement comprising a -main arm and two supplemental arms pivoted thereto at opposite sidesthereof, means tending to move said pivoted arms outwardly away from the main arm, and a guide At the secured to the main arm and extending around the pivoted arms and arranged to" limit the outward movement of the latter.

4:. A milking implement comprising a main arm, two pivoted arms connected therewith at one end and each provided with a lug, a spring secured to one lug and passin around the butts of said arms and connecte at its other end to the other lug, said sprin tending to move said armsoutwardly an each of said pivoted arms provided with a finger-hold, and rollers carried by said arms.

5. A milking implement, comprising a main arm and two pivoted arms, all connected together at one end, a bracket secured tothe free end of the main arm, two rollers j ournaled in said bracket and said main arm, and a roller journaled in the free end of each of the other arms.

6. A milking implement comprising pivoted arms, one of which is provided with a longitudinal g'uideway, and a funnel slidably connected to said arm in the guideway thereof.

7. A milking implement comprisin pivoted arms carrying rollers, one of sai arms being provided with spaced-apart longitudinal' bars, and a funnel provided with a loop receiving one of said bars and retained thereby, the funnel being longitudinallyadjustable with respect to the said arm.

8. In a device of the character described, a milkin implement desi ned to exert pressure ontlie teats, a funnel connected to said implement and longitudinally adjustable with respect to the same, and a neck-strap connected to said funnel.

9. In a device of the character described,

a milking implement desi ned to exert pres sure on the teats, a funne connected to said implement and longitudinally disposed with respect to the same, a neck-strap connected to said funnel, .and a body-brace also connected to the funnel.

10. In a device of the character described, I

, a milkinghimplement desi ned to exert pressure on t e teats, a funne connected to said implement and longitudinally adjustable with respect to the same, a neck-strap connected to the funnel, and a body-brace provided with a bifurcated end pivotally con' nected to the funnel and also provided at its other end with a foot designed to bear against the body of the operator.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses. I

, PAUL E. BARTELMUS. a. 5.]

Witnesses: v

' FRANK ROACH, NINA L. Coon.

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